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BRICK  MANTEL 
DESIGNS 

No  moulded,  shaped  or  special  brick  necessary  in  fabrication  of  these 
mantels,  Standard  Face  Brick  only  required. 


The  best,  most  permanent  and  most  artistic  Firesides  and  Mantels 
are  built  of  Standard  Face  Brick  and  at  less  cost. 


Copyright  1916 
By  E.  P.  EIiZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


ALL  EIGHTS  RESERVED 

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FOREWORD 


THIS  BOOKLET  showing  selected  Brick  Mantel  Designs  is  for  no  other  purpose  than  to  assist 
home  builders  to  secure  at  a  minimum  of  expense  ideal  mantels  and  firesides  for  their  homes 
and  is  intended  to  meet  the  urgent  demand  of  builders  and  owners  who  are  defeated  in  having  just 
what  they  want  because  of  their  inability  to  secure  such  designs  and  assistance  in  construction  as 
is  herein  given. 

Every  mantel  shown  in  this  booklet  is  designed  to  lay  up  of  Standard  Face  Brick  and  this  fact 
assures  a  minimum  of  cost  with  the  certainty  of  the  most  pleasing  results.  Our  designer  presents 
mantels  and  fireplaces  architecturally  attractive,  and  the  beauty  of  design  and  outline  assisted  by  the 
rich  warm  tones  possible  in  Face  Brick  makes  a  fireside  to  enrich  the  cottage  or  grace  a  mansion. 

In  the  Designs  shown,  we  have  purposely  avoided  any  attempt  to  give  further  expression  to 
mantels  and  firesides  by  use  of  colors  and  shades  in  printing.  We  simply  show  tracings  in  outline 
that  give  full  value  of  their  architectural  expression.  Color  or  shade  of  brick  used  is  a  matter  of 
individual  taste  and  the  mantel  or  fireside  can  be  built  up  in  the  shade  and  color  of  brick  the 
builder  prefers. 

ARCHITECTS— 

It  is  not  presumed  or  intended  that  this  work  shall  in  any  case  supplant  or  take  the  place  of  the 
services  of  the  Architect  or  the  Architect-Engineer.  The  many  homes  constructed  without  the  as¬ 
sistance  of  an  architect  will  be  able  to  use  these  designs  to  great  advantage  and  they  will  assist  the 
busy  architect  in  much  of  his  brick  mantel  and  fireside  planning.  We  contend  that  the  architect  is 
indispensable  in  the  planning  and  building  of  the  home  and  best  results  will  always  be  attained  under 
his  able  direction. 


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THE  IDEAL  FIRESIDE 


RICK  Fireplaces  and  Brick  Mantels  with  a  fire  on  the  open  hearth  give  that  warmth, 
•  comfort  and  cheer  that  come  from  no  other  method  of  heating.  The  glow  of  the  fireside 
in  a  setting  of  rich,  warm  toned  brick  is  the  last  word  in  home  cheerfulness  and  hos¬ 


pitality. 

The  designs  shown  in  this  booklet  make  it  possible  for  any  home  builder  to  enjoy  the  pleasure 
and  comfort  of  an  open  fire  at  a  minimum  of  expense.  No  moulded,  shaped  or  special  brick  are  re¬ 
quired  in  the  fabrication  of  these  mantels.  Up  to  this  time,  it  has  only  been  possible  for  the  builder 
who  could  afford  to  lose  sight  of  expense  to  revel  in  the  pleasure  of  brick  fireplaces  and  mantels  as 
the  cost  had  made  them  a  luxury.  This  unnecessary  cost  has  been  entirely  overcome  in  the  design¬ 
ing  of  fireplaces  and  mantels  that  can  be  built  of  Standard  Face  Brick  which  can  be  had  anywhere  at 
a  minimum  of  cost,  admitting  of  the  building  of  artistic  and  attractive  firesides  of  the  most  durable 
and  permanent  material  possible  at  a  less  expense  than  the  ordinary,  commonplace  wood  cabinet 
mantels  which  have  been  used  to  such  extent  onty  because  of  the  fact  of  a  less  outlay. 

No  material  is  more  practical  or  adaptable  in  construction  than  are  Standard  Face  Brick,  the 
unit  of  size  is  such  that  readily  builds  into  the  design  or  outline  preferred  and  the  many  shades  and 
tones  in  which  they  are  found  makes  it  an  easy  matter  to  secure  the  individual  expression  your  color 
scheme  demands. 


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BRICK  FIRESIDE  ADVANTAGES 


jT  TANDARD  FACE  BRICK  not  only  make  the  most  permanent,  most  attractive  and  from 
»  8  every  standpoint,  the  most  ideal  fireside  and  mantel  it  is  possible  to  construct,  but  have 

such  real  merit  in  their  permanent  advantages  as  to  make  them  a  matter  of  self-protec¬ 
tion  for  the  modern  home. 

In  the  brick  fireside  and  mantel,  all  danger  from  fire  is  overcome.  There  is  no  varnish  or  paint 
to  blister  from  over-hot  fires  nor  are  there  any  of  the  unsightly  results  found  in  the  drying-out, 
shrinking  and  splitting  of  wood-faced  firesides  and  wood  mantels. 

Firesides  or  mantels  laid  up  in  Standard  Brick  are  at  once  a  part  of  the  chimney  or  flue  itself 
and  cannot  slack  away  or  become  loose  as  do  detached  mantels  built  of  other  material.  The  fact  of 
their  being  built  into  the  fabrication  of  the  chimney  or  flue  itself  makes  them  the  most  permanent 
fireside  possible  and  one  that  is  not  affected  by  any  outside  conditions. 

The  saving  in  the  painting,  varnishing  and  yearly  doing  over  alone  more  than  justifies  the  use  of 
Standard  Face  Brick  for  mantel  purposes.  They  are  easily  kept  clean  and  attractive,  the  tone  or 
shade  of  brick  is  permanent  and  without  risk  of  fading  or  discoloring,  they  are  not  affected  by  heat  or 
the  many  other  things  that  affect  firesides  and  mantels  of  other  material.  Permanence  and  all  these 
other  advantages  are  to  be  had  at  a  less  first  cost  than  is  possible  in  any  other  material  and  the 
upkeep  expense  of  other  materials  is  entirely  eliminated. 


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IN  SELECTING  BRICK 


OR  genuinely  better  results,  Face  Brick  should  not  be  selected  to  identical  shade  for 
"  s>  Mantel  or  Fireside  building,  rather  select  varying  shades  of  agreeing  tones.  To  select 
carefully  to  one  shade  of  Red,  Grey,  Buff  or  Ironspot  brick  would  result  in  a  too  conven¬ 
tional  aspect  bordering  on  the  painted  and  mechanical. 


With  your  preference  for  shade  or  color  that  will  meet  your  ideas  in  mind,  allow  a  consid¬ 
erable  range  of  shades  that  may  blend  into  this  general  tone  and  the  result  will  be  much  more  at¬ 
tractive  than  if  all  the  brick  were  selected  to  one  shade.  Fact  is,  the  mistake  generally  made  is  in 
not  having  range  enough  instead  of  having  too  wide  a  variance. 

Again,  do  not  attempt  to  select  your  brick  for  their  mechanical  trueness.  Brick  selected  for 
their  true  lines  only  become  more  mechanical  when  laid  up  in  numbers.  The  usual  deviation  from 
right  angled  lines,  coming  from  shrinkage  and  slight  warpage  in  burning,  assists  in  making  of  more 
artistic  brick  work  when  laid  up,  and  yet,  to  those  who  have  not  fully  studied  these  matters  the 
single  brick  slightly  twisted  or  irregular  in  outline  seems  to  invite  failure  and  disaster  to  the  com¬ 
pleted  work  when,  in  fact,  the  opposite  is  true  as  irregular  lines  and  slightly  misshapen  brick  elimin¬ 
ate  the  mechanical  effect  of  squared  blocks  and  merge  into  real  artistic  fabrics  of  the  whole  which 
would  not  be  possible  to  achieve  in  right-angled,  plane  surface  units.  The  artistic  blends  of  color 
and  the  beauty  in  design  are  not  of  one  brick  but  in  the  general  ensemble. 


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Elzey’s  Brick:  Mantel  Design  No.  1 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


PLAIN  MANTEL  Straight  Front.  Broken  Stretcher  Courses.  Body  Arch. 


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’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  2 


PLAIN  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Lined  Header  Courses.  Body  Arch. 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Ya. 


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Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  3 


PLAIN  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Lined  Header  and  Stretcher  Courses 
Clipped  Stretcher  Brick  in  blocks  of  three  alternating.  Body  Arch. 


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Elzey’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  4 


PLAIN  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Lined  Header  and  Stretcher  Courses. 
Corners  Blocked.  Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 


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All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


Elzey’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  Noc5 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
P&rkersburg,  W.  Va. 


OUTLINE  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Lined  Header  and  Stretcher  Courses. 
Arch  Line,  Vertical  Stretchers  Blocked.  Horizontal  Stretchers  of  lighter 
shade  than  Headers  and  Vertical  Stretchers.  Vertical,  Stretcher  Arch. 


Elzey’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  6 


OUTLINE  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Header  Courses  alternating  Vertical 
Clipped  Stretcher  Courses.  All  Stretcher  Brick  of  lighter  shade  than 
Headers.  Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


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OUTLINE  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Headers,  Stretchers  and  Vertical  Clip¬ 
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COLONIAL  TA  PE  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Headers,  Stretchers  and 
Vertical  Clipped  Stretchers.  Vertical,  Stretcher  Arch. 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


Elzen’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  1 1 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


COLONIAL  TYPE  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Headers,  Stretchers  and 
Vertical  Clipped  Stretchers.  Vertical  Stretcher  Arch. 

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COLONIAL  TYPE  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Lined  Headers,  Stretchers 

and  Vertical  Clipped  Stretchers.  Mitered  Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch.  Parkersburg,  w.  va. 


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COLONIAL  TYPE  MANTEL,  Straight  Front.  Lined  Headers,  Stretchers 
and  Vertical  Clipped  Stretchers.  Blocked  Base.  Mitered  Vertical  Clipped 
Stretcher  Arch. 


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DESIGN  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Lined  Headers  and  Stretchers  with 
Clipped  Brick  Designs.  Vary  shade  of  brick  in  pattern  or  designs  for 
stronger  result.  Double  Header  Plain  Arch. 


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All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


Elzey’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  21 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


DESIGN  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Headers,  Stretchers,  Vertical  Clipped 
Stretchers  and  Blocks.  A  slight  difference  in  shade  in  brick  of  design  in  this 
mantel  will  increase  its  attractiveness.  Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 

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Elzey’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  22 


DESIGN  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Headers,  Stretchers,  Vertical  Clipped 
Stretchers  and  Blocks.  A  slightly  lighter  or  darker  brick  in  design  of  this 
mantel  will  strengthen  the  effect.  Body  Arch. 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


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Elzey’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  23 


All  Rights  Reserved  DESIGN  MANTEL.  Straight  Front.  Header  Outline,  Feather  laid  Filler, 

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Parkersburg,  W.  Va.  Clipped  Stretchers.  Base  Blocked.  Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 


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DESIGN  MAN  iEL,  Straight  Front.  Header  Outlines,  Stretcher  Herringbone 
Body,  Clipped  Stretchers.  Base  Blocked.  Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 


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By  K  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Ya. 


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Elzfa  ’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  30 


DESIGN  MANTEL.  Panel  jambs.  Header  and  Stretcher  Courses.  Panels 
can  be  laid  in  slightly  lighter  or  darker  brick  than  body  of  mantel.  Plain 
Body  Arch. 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  KLZEY 
Parkersburg',  W.  Va. 


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DESIGN  MANTEL.  Panel  Jambs.  Lined  Headers,  Stretchers  and  Clipped 
Vertical  Stretchers.  Recessed  Breast.  Base  Blocked.  Vertical,  Clipped 
Stretcher  Arch. 


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DESIGN  MANTEL.  Paneled  Jambs  and  Breast.  Lined  Headers  and 
Stretchers.  Double  Header  Arch. 


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Stretchers,  Vertical  Clipped  Stretchers  and  Blocks.  Swastika  Design.  Cor¬ 
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DESIGN  MANTEL.  Panel  Jambs  and  Breast.  Lined  Headers,  Vertical  Clip¬ 
ped  Stretchers,  Herringbone  and  Block.  Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 

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Elzey’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  37 


DESIGN  MANTEL.  Broken  Panel  Jambs,  Panel  Breast.  Lined  Headers, 
Vertical  Headers  and  Herringbone.  Blocked  Base.  Vertical,  Header  Arch. 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


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Elzey’s  Brick  Mantel  Design  No.  38 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  B.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


DESIGN  MANTEL.  Panel  Jambs  and  Breast.  Lined  Headers,  Vertical 
Clipped  Stretchers  and  Herringbone.  Blocked  Base.  Vertical,  Header  Arch 


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DESIGN  MANTEL.  Reveal  Outer  Jambs.  Headers,  Stretchers  and  Blocks. 
Use  lighter  or  darker  shade  brick  for  blocks  and  design  for  pleasing  result 
Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 


All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


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DESIGN  MANTEL.  Reveal  Outer  and  Fire  Jambs.  Fire  Jambs  Benched. 
Header  and  Stretcher  Courses.  Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 


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DESIGN  MANTEL.  Reveal  Outer  and  Fire  Jambs.  Headers,  Stretchers 
and  Vertical  Clipped  ^Stretchers.  Vertical  Header  Shelf  and  Hearth.  Ver¬ 
tical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 


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Parkersburg,  W.  V&. 


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AH  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Ya. 


DESIGN  MANTEL.  Pilastered  Front.  Lined  Stretcher  Courses  and 
Blocks.  Base  and  Cap  Pilasters.  Body  Arch. 


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cal  Clipped  Stretchers  and  Blocks.  Columnar  Base  and  Cap.  Vertical,  Clip¬ 
ped  Stretcher  Arch. 


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All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


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All  Rights  Reserved 
By  E.  P.  ELZEY 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 


Jambs.  Recessed  Breast.  Headers,  Stretchers,  Vertical  Header  Shelf.  Ver¬ 
tical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 

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MANTEL  DESIGN  No.  51.  Three-quarter  Height  Design.  (Top  of  doors). 
Vertical  Headers  and  Blocks.  Vertical  Header  Shelf.  Plain  Body  Arch. 

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Inclined  Columnar  Jambs,  Recessed  Breast. 


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BK2CK  MANTEXa  DESIGN  No.  55.  Tull  Height  or  Ceiling  Mantel.  Straight  Front  with  Panel  above  Mantel 
Shelf.  Headers,  Stretchers.  Clipped  Brick  and  Blocks.  Design  Brick  and  Brick  of  Panel  should  bo  of  lighter 
or  darker  shade  to  assist  result.  Vertical,  Clipped  Stretcher  Arch. 


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CHIMNEY  CONSTRUCTION 

While  your  brick  contractor  may  be  fully  capable  and  in  most  cases  competent  to  build  the 
chimney  or  flue  with  proper  draft,  we  offer  some  suggestions  which,  if  incorporated  into  the  chim¬ 
ney,  will  insure  you  of  a  fireplace  that  will  give  complete  satisfaction  and  eliminate  the  possibility 
of  smoking  and  bad  draft. 

It  is  an  error  to  presume  that  the  wide  throat  chimney  has  any  advantages.  The  opposite  is 
true.  To  narrow  the  throat  creates  a  forced  draft  which  materially  assists  the  upward  movement  of 
smoke  and  gases  and  makes  the  perfect  draft  which  results  in  the  satisfactory  fireside.  Above  this 
choked  throat,  the  chimney  may  without  detriment  resume  its  square.  The  recessed  ledge  of  throat 
overcomes  the  tendency  to  down  drafts  that  might  otherwise  cause  smoky  fireplaces. 

The  forward  projecting  slope  at  back  of  fireplace  should  begin  at  approximately  one-third  of  the 
height  of  the  opening  and  be  built  up  on  a  straight  line,  not  curved,  terminating  six  inches  or  more 
above  level  of  arch.  By  all  means,  use  iron  damper  at  throat  of  chimney.  They  are  made  with 
various  devices  for  regulating  the  opening  from  front  of  fireplace  and  such  dampers  are  indispen¬ 
sable  in  the  regulating  of  drafts  as  well  as  making  it  possible  to  secure  maximum  heat  from  the  fire. 


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CHIMNEY  CONSTRUCTION 


Fireplace  construction  here  shown  is  typical  of  the  best  method  in  chim¬ 
ney  and  fireplace  building.  Through  the  courtesy  of  H.  W.  Covert  Company, 
manufacturers  of  chimney  and  fireplace  supplies,  71  Murray  St.,  New  York 
City,  we  use  the  accompanying  illustration,  and  the  damper  arrangement  or 
like  device  in  connection  with  general  construction  is  especially  recommended 
for  best  results. 


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FOR  INTERIOR  BRICK  WORK 


After  bricklayers  are  done  laying  up  the  mantel  and  fireside  and  mortar  is  dried  and  hardened 
sufficiently  for  cleaning  down,  the  entire  brick  work  should  be  gone  over  with  a  solution  of  Muriatic 
Acid  just  strong  enough  to  cut  off  mortar  and  other  stains.  Any  small  lumps  or  small  particles  of 
mortar  adhering  to  brick  should  be  rubbed  or  picked  off  with  a  tapered  stick  or  piece  of  wood  instead 
of  by  knife  or  other  metal  instrument  which  might  scratch  or  mar  the  face  of  smooth  brick. 

When  mantel  is  thoroughly  cleaned  and  fully  dry,  or  in  about  two  or  three  weeks  time  after  con¬ 
struction,  the  whole  should  be  gone  over  with  a  light  coat  of  thin,  boiled  linseed  oil.  The  oil  should 
not  be  applied  heavily  but  just  enough  that  the  brick  will  take  it  up,  and  should  any  appear  to  stand 
on  the  face  of  the  brick,  it  should  be  rubbed  off  with  a  soft  cloth.  In  another  week  repeat  the  treat¬ 
ment  and  you  will  find  that  the  shades  and  tones  of  the  brick  will  then  show  up  to  best  advantage, 
the  oil  treatment  augmenting  tone  and  color. 

A  light  treatment  of  boiled  linseed  oil  as  above  suggested  applied  once  or  twice  a  year  thereafter 
and  rubbed  down  with  a  soft  cloth  will  materially  assist  your  brick  v/ork  and  keep  bright  the  tones 
and  shades  of  the  brick  without  other  assistance. 


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